Nick asked Linwood Barclay:

Hi Linwood. When I read the Zack Walker books I would get the feeling Zack was you. With his personality traits and how he takes the purse in the store to teach his wife a lesson about leaving it in plain view. Were you writing the character that way? Or am I reading too much into it?

Linwood Barclay Ha! You're very perceptive. In many ways, he is. I got the idea for the purse story when I was shopping with my wife, who always leaves her purse for others to steal. I thought, I should take it and teach her a lesson. But I didn't, because I wanted to live. But then I thought, what if I were stupid enough to actually do it? Zack was born. I channeled all my anxieties into that character. I'm not as bad as him, but I'm a pretty anxiety-riddled individual at times.

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Hi, Firstly, what an amazing author your are :) your books got me back into reading. Are there any plans for any of the books be transformed into TV Series or Movies?

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HI Linwood, im a huge fan of yours and read most of your books but working on reading them all :) i have wanted for a long time to wright a book of my own do you have any advice? many thanks :)

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I see you will be releasing a new book soon - Find You First. Is there any chance you will do a virtual event via Facebook Live, Zoom or some other means to introduce your readers to this new release?

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Hi Linwood. When I read the Zack Walker books I would get the feeling Zack was you. With his personality traits and how he takes the purse in the store to teach his wife a lesson about leaving it in plain view. Were you writing the character that way? Or am I reading too much into it?

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Hi, Firstly, what an amazing author your are :) your books got me back into reading. Are there any plans for any of the books be transformed into TV Series or Movies?

HI Linwood, im a huge fan of yours and read most of your books but working on reading them all :) i have wanted for a long time to wright a book of my own do you have any advice? many thanks :)

I see you will be releasing a new book soon - Find You First. Is there any chance you will do a virtual event via Facebook Live, Zoom or some other means to introduce your readers to this new release?

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